clinton's aide wrote to mrs. clinton he is a fan of yours. then, clocking in at number three was andrea mitchell of nbc news who was described as a former white house correspondent. who was replaced by brian williams. the memo said that nbc was grooming williams to take over for tom brokaw it said andrea now covers the state department. she is very aggressive. then comes claire shipman at number 4. at the time she was with cnn as their white house correspondent. it identified her as the newest hire over there with wolf blitzer and jill daughtery. claire was with us on our trip to south asia. she is very powerful. up guess what bill, do you know who shipman is married to? jay carney, white house press secretary. long time veteran correspondent, the memo noted that she was second in -- at the white house pecking order there for abc news to mr. brit hume. no further comment. >> i wanted to see if hume was in that mix now. >> took some lumps. >> with all of this analysis about hillary clinton's presentation while she was first lady, it looks to m